Former U.S Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, appeared on Rachel Maddow’s MSBNC show alleging Russia is manipulating U.S elections to get Americans to vote for Donald Trump.
“In 2020, the social media companies worked hard with the U.S. government to try to do content moderation, to try to catch this stuff as it was happening. This time, we have Elon Musk talking directly to the Kremlin and ensuring that every time the Russians put out something, it gets five million views before anyone can catch it,” Nuland continued. And then she warned: “Trump is taking Putin lessons, as autocrats around the world are,” Nuland told Maddow.
Independent Canadian journalist Aaron Maté reacted to Nuland’s comments by pointing out the U.S diplomat’s own role in election interference with the Hillary Clinton-funded Steele dossier to generate false allegations of Trump-Russia collusion.
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